it is friday, and thank you for joining us for the news at noon. i'm mike hydeck.

looks like yet another wet day on tap. it's already raining in many places in the viewing area. erica grow is tracking the stormy weather and under yet another yellow alert. erica over to you. >> that's right mike and it's the third yellow alert in a row. we have the showers already moving through the metro. you can see them here on live doppler 9000 hd. this is a three hour loop. everything is continuing to push off to the south and east at about 25 miles per hour. zooming in first to a pocket of showers moving right into the town of leesburg at this moment into aldi along route 50. we're going to see some pretty heavy showers along 29 as well. and then in southern maryland, especially in southern portions of prince george's county where it is raining steadily right now in upper marlboro. in clinton. along 381 and route 4. down through calvert county and dunkirk where we have pretty heavy rain right now. but the heavier rain is still on the approach. and you can see that here as we widen the view and the pockets of heavier rain indicated in the yellows and oranges.

even some reds popping through here. but i have the lightning tracker turned on and we don't have any lightning strikes occurring at moment. by the way this green shading over most of the state of west virginia is a flash flood watch and any intense heavy downpours in that area could produce flash flooding. we are not under the same risk because the heaviest rain tray correctory is going to take it to the south of the metro area and not affect us directly. 9 futurecast will give us a look at thunderstorms as they pop up. and we'll time out when everything improves coming up in the first alert seven day forecast. thank you erica. turning now to the corruption trial of governor bob mcdonnell in richmond. the focus today turned to the money trail. why did the former governor accept $70,000 in loans from businessman johnnie williams? peggy fox joins us live now once again from richmond. peg? >> reporter: well, bob mcdonnell and his wife's real estate company accepted two

personal loans from williams. a $50,000 loan and a $20,000 loan. today, williams said on the stand that he didn't think there was anything wrong with accepting those loans. they had taken personal loans from wealthy people before. and it was perfectly legal. now mcdonnell said williams never asked him for anything except to call his elderly father and wish him a happy birthday which he did. the defense attorney henry asbil asked him if he recall -8d williams' testimony he had to give you hundreds of thousands of dollars to get you to make that call. is that true? no said mcdonnell. he also asked mcdonnell if you thought mr. williams was trying to corrupt your office, would you have taken the loan? mcdonnell answered absolutely nod. the former governor walked into the courthouse today with his daughter caitlin who may be recalled to testify at some point. >> how much -- does it give you to have your daughter here and other family members? >> i'm blessed with five --

really amazing kids. you know, 33 years we've been raising them and there's a joy in my life. it's my children. >> got to be tough -- do they help you get through the day? >> absolutely. i talk to all five of them last night. and they -- they did give me a lot of strength. my children and i'm really proud that they have despite the -- hardships my wife and i are going through, they've lived their lives and continued to do very well in job and school. >> very long day yesterday. how are you -- geared up for today? >> well, i've got several more days. and my job is just to answer the questions and tell the truth. that's what i'm going to do. >> reporter: attorneys are also taking mcdonnell through all the e-mails, texts, phone calls and even handwritten notes that mcdonnell had from a conversation with williams. and a lot of that involves a plan to transfer starr scientific stocks to williams.

now that plan actually never went through. it's something called a margin loan and mcdonnell said he didn't really know anything about it and placed a call to his stockbroker to found out more about it. that plan never happened. however, they did get the $50,000 loan. he said he understood it to be a 2% interest and that he would be paying it off in three years. and really, he basically said he got nothing from starr scientific and everything perfectly legal. but of course, we still have to hear the questions from the prosecution. not sure yet when that's going to happen. the defense is still at it. getting mcdonnell's side of this story out. i'm peggy fox reporting live in richmond. mike? >> do you think the jury is buying this? do you think they understand these are just legitimate loans or do you think it seems like it might be something else? >> reporter: well, it's a very very complicated case. we know that maureen mcdonnell

actually bought starr scientific stock from the $50 million loan that she received from johnnie williams. now there's some testimony today about her -- mcdonnell saying she did these things on her own. he didn't know about it. he's testifying a lot of things that happened. in fact loan the loans from -- even the loans from williams, it was maureen that really started the process. who knows if the jury is buying it? i try to look over at them. they look to be intently you know listening, but you just never know. you can't predict a jury, mike? >> thank you peg, we'll see you tonight again at 5:00 on tv live from richmond. well here in the district, they are laying the groundwork to change how and where hundreds of students in the city will go to school. we're talking about the overhaul of the school boundaries next year. d.c. public schools chancellor henderson joins us live now to talk about some soft the new things that are -- soft the new things -- of the new plans that are planned for in year. the changes don't take place

until next year. chancellor henderson, thank you for joining us. first your team has been making changes to improve d.c. ps across the board and plenty more are coming including some things like career academies. so for people who don't know what those are, what are they and where are they going? >> sure. the mayor was generous enough to give us over $2 million to start six national academy foundation career academies which will focus on hospitality, engineering, and i. t. and that will -- they'll prepare our high school students for careers in these industries. which are the industries where there are the most jobs in washington, d.c.. >> so another topic, the focus on test scores has been controversial topic across the nation. it's led to teachers and principals being replaced and failing schools across the country including here in d.c.. and now, some systems are changing the way they weigh teacher evaluations can test scores -- and test scores, what about d.c. ps? >> we announced about eight weeks ago that d.c. ps would

pause on including test scores in our teacher and principal evaluations for the coming year because we, like a lot of other states in the country, g to a n an exam that tests common core state standards which are much more rigorous. in fact, we still believe and you know, always do, that in order to assess teachers and principals, you have to include multiple measures. including student achievement. and so test scores aren't the only thing that we use. we use classroom observation, teachers set goals with their principals around student achievement. and so we'll continue to use those things. but we believe that as we transition from an old test that is paper and pencil and bubble to a new test, that is -- happens online and that is very different than anything we've ever done before. that we want our educators to feel comfortable in the transition and we want the students to feel comfortable before we start holding them

accountable for the results. >> many experts think the longer school day is going to make the difference in getting extra instruction they need. you are getting some pushback from teacher unions though, where does that stand? >> know, we're in negotiations with our teachers' union on the -- issue of extended day but we know that many of our young people need more time and in fact we've gotten better teachers, better curriculum and so our students need time with that. i'm pleased that 25 schools this year will offer an extended day program. we put our money where our mouth is to do that. in addition, we have more technology in our buildings for this year. we have about 150 a. p. courses we're offering and middle grades. we have put $17 million into enhanced middle grades in d.c. ps. a banner school year is what this is going to be. >> chancellor henderson we appreciate your time. hope you have a great school year. >> thank you. okay, there's a new reduced speed limit on route 1 near the university of maryland campus. as thousands of students head

back to class this fall, it is one of several new measures being taken to prevent another tragedy there. three students were struck by cars and killed there this year. the speed limit is now 25 miles per hour. speed cameras are now operating there. 24/7. a pedestrian fence is being built between knox and hartwick roads. that's where the three pedestrians were killed. university police say they also plan to enforce the use of crosswalks there. >> we'll be issuing warnings if we see students jaywalking. and educating them that hey, we lost three students this year. we don't want to lose you. cross at the designates walk and wait until you have the right of way. >> the pedestrian fence they say will be finished next week and classes begin at university of maryland on september 2nd. and pedestrian activated traffic signals will also be installed and they should be done before october.

. today is chuck brown day here in the district. the city's actually been celebrating the life of the founder of go-go music all week. chuck brown memorial park officially opened northeast washington this morning. more than two years after his death, a final album from chuck brown was released earlier this week too. it's called "a beautiful life" and it features brown performing with a number of r&b and gospel singers. coming up on wusa9 news at noon, the rage over the fatal police shooting appears to be diminishing somewhat. in suburban st. louis. we have the latest developments from ferguson. >> plus, they beat ebola. we'll introduce you to the missionary doctors who managed the escape the grips of a potentially d

welcome back. missouri's governor is ordering the national guard out of ferguson now. in fact they should be gone at some point today. the move comes after another night of a relatively peaceful round of protests, many people

are still very upset of course over the fatal police shooting of the unarmed teenager. there were seven arrests last night. but that is nothing compared to the prior two weeks where there were dozens of arrests on each night in some cases. authorities have arrested more than 200 people since the demonstrations in ferguson started on august 9th. a missionary doctor who contracted the deadly ebola virus in liberia is now thanking his medical team who cured him. the cdc says brantly and his colleague nancy writebol have no trace of the virus now and pose no public health risk. they were both released from the hospital in atlanta this week. doctors say the two are now immune to the strip of the virus that's responsible for the current ebola outbreak in africa. a man possibly connected to one of the area's most notorious missing persons cases will remain in prison. lloyd welsh seen here a delaware inmate, identified as a person of interest in the

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walkoff hits to win it. so what's the secret to all this late success? bullpen coach matt lecroy says he made deserve some of the -- may deserve some of the credit. holden kushner tells us why in the "inside pitch." >> reporter: he's helped guide the relieverst to the third lowest earned run average in the national league, but what does he o do? >> you know during a game i make sure when the phone rings we get the guys ready that need to be ready and i provide information for them during the game if they need it but mostly just making sure the guys are ready to go in the game. >> reporter: his other responsibility going bananas during a walkive hit. >> it's hard for me. >> reporter: when the pitching coach calls from the dugout. if he doesn't take the call? >> i'm sure i'd be in some deep trouble, but there has been a few times this we're with the phone hasn't worked and you're kind of going in a little panic mode. but we have signs for certain guys and i look down if the phone don't work and he'll me

through a sign -- show me through a sign. >> reporter: lecroy also oversees rituals in the bullpen. >> sometimes if it's in a bad streak they'll do a synchronized stretching program they do together. >> reporter: but most importantly the unheralded bullpen coach eats mayonnaise and banana sandwiches to give the team a spark. he's done it seven times this season and the latest snack helped fuel this amazing run they're on. >> it was our last series at home. i ate one. and that put me at 7-0. so we've been on a good stream here. so hopefully i don't have to use it for a while. >> reporter: there's plenty of reasons why the nationals are in first place. just don't overlook the impact this bullpen coach makes, for wusa9 sports, i'm holden kushner. >> by eating disgusting sandwiches. flood waters causing a lot of problems in chicago. people had to be rescued from their cars because of several inches of rain falling quickly overnight. particularly on the south side. in addition to waterlogged cars lots of homes were surrounded by high water too. and the rain also caused road closures and public

transportation problems. flash flood warnings have been issued for much of chicago and eastern more rain is in the forecast -- even more rain is in the forecast there and guess what? we're going to be jumping in puddles here too. yes we will be jumping in puddles not as high though. >> not like that. >> no thankfully. it blows my mind how many people drive into a flooded roadway thinking my car can handle it. no it's not worth the risk, maybe you make it through this time but next time around might be a different story. we will have more rain on the way. thunderstorms are very likely this afternoon and evening as well. let's take a look outside right now at the michael & son weather cam and boy, it has set up to be a dreary start to the afternoon. however, i'm seeing some breaks of sunshine on the observations out to our west. and i do believe they will head our way. however, that will provide enough instability especially with all the moisture we have in place for more thunderstorms to erupt in the afternoon through the early evening. 3:00, 86 degrees with a few storms. 6:00, we'll see that same risk

for storms moving through. with a temperature of 84. we'll reach a high of 87 degrees today at about 4:00. and a lingering shower or a storm is still possible at about 9:00. right now, it is still lightly raining at reagan national with the temperature of 79. the dew pointup to 69 now and that relative humidity 72% and it is feeling pretty sticky out there. right now we're down to 75 in gaithersburg. we were close to 80 before the rain started to move through. 79 in frederick and 77 in leesburg. and it's 79 in fredericksburg. on satellite and radar, you can see that cloud cover is breaking up just to the west of us in western portions of virginia. but more showers and thunderstorms are arriving and 9 futurecast thinks that we're going to see a pretty heavy thunderstorm moving through just in time for the evening commute. i agree. as we head into the overnight hours, some more showers possibly a rumbleof thunder. waking up on saturday morning. some more showers pushing on through. and it could get a little bit more active in the early

afternoon on saturday before things start toddler out. then high pressure -- to clear out. then high pressure noses in on sunday and we are setting up for a beautiful stretch of weather that starts sunday and extends for several days. if you're heading down to the ballpark for the evening game, the first pitch is at 7:05 as the nats are taking on the giants. low 80s. a shower or a storm is possible. and down the shore, it is going to be active tomorrow especially with a high temperature of 76 in ocean city. with on and off scattered showers. but beautiful sunshine moves back in on sunday with a high of 74 degrees. and we'll see basically the same thing here in the first alert seven day forecast back in the metro area. sunshine returns on sunday and extends until at least wednesday. beautiful weather moving in. stay with us. we'll be right back. i

welcome back. teams from chicago and las vegas will be matched up in tomorrow's little league championship game. the jackie robinson west all- stars ended the hopes of mo'ne davis and the philadelphia taney dragons but a great run for them. i lean key ha know has money -- elaine quijano has more from pennsylvania. >> reporter: it was a battle from the beginning. between the two break-out stories of this year's tournament. >> 0-1. grounds ball. through. 2-0 philadelphia. >> reporter: taney and chicago. >> they won't get out of it and the game is tied at 2. >> reporter: early on chicago took pitcher of davis absences from the mound. >> back up the middle. he fields, he goes the first and it's -- to first and it's wild off the glove of davis. >> reporter: by the top of the 5th -- >> this one to center field.

it's a one run game. >> reporter: philadelphia had clawed their way back to within one run. but it wasn't enough. >> playable. right field. pierce jones -- game over. chicago to the united states' championship game. >> reporter: and with that, mo'ne davis and the taney dragons' world series run came to an end. >> the kids had an incredible run and i'm so proud of them. they played their hearts out for most of the whole summer and took them this far, it's really incredible. >> reporter: for the west all- stars from the south side of chicago, it was recognition of all their hard work. >> it's been 31 years and some people thought we weren't even going to make it past regionals and now we are at the u.s. championship. >> reporter: in chicago, fans of jackie robinson's west home field savored the victory including the mayor emmanuel. >> they're showing incredible maturity and showing their true

character and what their potential is. >> congratulations to the ones that are moving on. what is chicago? the team plan to do on the day off? take the ice bucket challenge of course. that's what everybody is doing. >> why not. >> that will do it for the news right now on wusa9. we're back on tv at 5:00 and so i get invited to quite a few family gatherings. heck, i saved judith here a fortune with discounts like safe driver, multi-car, paperless. you make a mighty fine missus, m'lady. i'm not saying mark's thrifty. let's just say, i saved him $519, and it certainly didn't go toward that ring. am i right? [ laughs ] [ dance music playing ]

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